How Important is Social Media for Small Businesses?

Hint: Very.

Social media marketing is not something to be ignored. Does every small business need to have SnapChat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tubmblr, AND Twitter accounts? No. Should every small business have an online presence? YES.

With today’s content driven marketing, your customers don’t just want to know where you are located. Your customers want a detailed description, hours, services, products, and content before making a decision to visit you in person.

So yes, an online presence is very important. Where to start? A functioning website and an active Facebook page. There are many services out there to help you build a site, or even to do it for you. Web service providers like Wix, Squarespace, Weebly, GoDaddy, and WordPress have templates available to take care of all the techy-stuff while you focus on your color scheme.

Once you have a website, you’ll want to connect it to your Facebook account. Don’t have a business page? Create one. Be sure to include your logo, location, hours, phone number, description, and CONTENT. Content is what connects you to your customers. How do you create content? Contests, giveaways, sharing your story, promoting new products or services, testimonials, employee biographies… the possibilities are endless!

So why is it all so important? Don’t take our word for it, Forbes.com recently published an article highlighting the Top 10 benefits of social media marketing. You can read the whole article here: Top 10 Benefits of Social Media Marketing. The article details benefits like increased brand recognition, higher conversion, increased brand loyalty, better search engine ratings, and more!

We have advertised with Family Values for over 10years. While much other advertising has lost its effectiveness, FV has gotten better! They are one of the best performing ROI pieces of our marketing budget.